The 15-Year-Old Who Saved The Matildas

The real story is the sizzling performance of 15-year-old Aussie Mary Fowler, and the fact that the Matildas were extremely lucky in this, the second match of their European tour.

Let's talk about the good luck first.

While the sixth-ranked Matildas equalised late against their third-ranked hosts, England were the better team and had more chances. Indeed, the Lionesses -- cool team name -- were extremely unlucky not to be awarded another two goals.

First there was the moment when the ball clearly went over the line yet Australian keeper Mackenzie Arnold was ruled to have kept the ball in play.

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Then there was the incident when England scored but the movement was ruled offside -- even though, as this image shows, the England attackers were in perfectly good position when the ball was passed their way.

Image: Fox Sports (and if you don't know the offside rule, you have to be in front of the defenders or level with them when the ball is passed. Which England clearly were.